Where does “bepinch” come from?
bepinch (English) comes from English pinch, from Middle English pinchen, from Old French pincer, from Vulgar Latin pincio, from Latin punctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
bepinch (English): To pinch, or mark with pinches; To pinch all over
Definitions
- To pinch, or mark with pinches; To pinch all over
Ancestry of “bepinch”, step by step
bepinch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pinch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pinch | To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and... |
| 2 | Middle English | pinchen | — |
| 3 | Old French | pincer | to pinch |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pincio | to puncture, pinch; I puncture, prick, pierce,... |
| 5 | Latin | punctiō | puncture, pricking |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English Be
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Be | As an auxiliary verb |
| 2 | Middle English | be | Alternative form of been; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | bēo | I become, I will be, I am; bee |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | biumi | first-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *beuną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |